Golf-tee.



Patented July 3|, I900. W. H. TYLER 8:. G. E. SMITH.

GOLF TEE.

(Application filed Apr. 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

/Wi2iinvawfotd/ I I I q I Guim u i UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM l-I. TYLER AND GEORGE E'. SMITH, OF SHELBURNE, VERMONT.

GOLF-TEE.

srncrrrclirron' forming part of Letters Patent messa e, its my 31, 1906.

' Application filed April 4,1904). ScrialNo|11;482.' at; math) To aZZ whom itvnay concern 2 Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. TYLER and GEORGE E. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Shelburne, in the county of Ghittenden and $tate of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Tees; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchaswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

j the use of a tee of hard material invariably injures the club if the player strikesja little too low, and under these. circumstances the tee is destroyed, or. if it is a portable device it is knocked away and often lost. -Thepresent invention contemplates the provision of a portable, mechanical tee whereof several forms are shownherein. These are variously designed to permit free exit of the ball, toj

. prevent injury tothe club, and for use in various kinds of soil or under varying condi-.

tions. The following specification describes several forms, allpossessing the same general characteristics, as shown injthe drawings,

wherein-=- Figure 1 is a perspectiveyview of the pie ferred. form, showing the, guard and ballin dotted lines and an arrowindicating the di-' rection of the stroke. Fig. 2 is a similar view" of a somewhat simpler form, showing the body and support covered with a guard, as of rubber. Fig. 8 is a similar View with the pin at right angles to the body or connection and the latter having an. elbow adjacent the support. Fig.4 is'a side elevation very much similar to Fig. 2, excepting that the support is a separate piece, (preferably cork or rubber,) and here shown in section. t

Broadly speaking, in all of the drawingsS is the support,1? the pin, and C the connecan accurate play.

tion, sometimes covered withaguard G, while T is a tubularsheath attached to the players garment, Supernumerals distinguish the va rious forms of these individual parts. In all the views the connection is an integral part or extension of the pin, and in all the views eircepting the fourth the support is an into gral part of the connection.

The preferred form is shown in Fig. 1,

wherein the pin P is deflected twice, as at P a out of a straight line, so that when it enters the earth it will not so readily turn therein, which turning might occur just as the stroke was about to be made and would naturally carry the ball out of position to permit The upper end of this pin is turned at substantially a right angle, as at P and is continued in a horizontal body or connection 0' for some little distance, as shown. It is then continued fart-her into the support S, which in this view is an incomplete ring or practically a semicircular bend of the-wire, with the open side adapted to be placed in the direction in which the ball is to be played, whereby no resistance, is afforded to the free exit of the ball from thefltee. The whole is in one piece of comparatively-stifi wire, which may be galvanized to prevent rusting,'and it is clear that it can bewholly or partially covered with the guard G, as seen in dottedlines in Fig. 1 and as described below. In Fig. 2 the angle P between the pin and body or connection is slightly obtuse, so that i when the pinis vertical in the ground the connection rises alittle therefrom toward the support. The latter in this view is shown as a complete ring S and the body and eye are covered by the guard G, which may be of rubber tubing or a spirally-wound flexible sheet, such as ordinarily employed. in insulating wire.

Fig. 3 is verymuch the same, excepting that a right angle is again here shown and that between the body or connectionand the support there is an elbow C consisting of an upturned portion of the body, which raises the support slightly above the ground, and therefore takes the place of the upward in cline' of the body shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 again shows the guard, and it may be here remarked that this guard could be used with any of the wire forms.

In Fig. 4 the pin and connection stand practically at right angles, and the outer end of the latter is turned lip, as at O Thesuppor't S is hereablock', as of cork or rubber, mounted I on the body and preferably-having a notch S in itsouterend to receive'the upturned end C of thefbody so as to preventth'e support from accidentally turning to either side.

The upper1end ofthe snpport'preferably has a slight cavity's forming a ring in tvhi'ch" the ball rests'li gh t] y'..

With any of theiforms above described the player on reaching'a point Where atee is de- 1 If the pin isstraight, the device tiu'ns easily sired removes the-implementfrom the sheath j .andmanually sinks the pin into the earth 75 and thenturns the body or connection so as to bring the support to the point Where itisdesired to hold the ball ready for the stroke. I

in the earth around the pin as an axis epers ha'ps too easilygand hence the advantage-of the constructionrsh'own in -Eig. 1. 'If the snr face of the groundis level, mostany form can be used; if'rough,"then the forms-shown lin Figs. 2. and 3 arefof. advantage, because either will raise the'ballalittlel' The ball is then. placedinftheringorcavity of Figs/3 'and 4,- in the complete ring of Figs.;2 andfi; oriri .the incomplete-.ring of Fig.1, the latter pos-,., s'essin g the advantage that there 'is nothing.

tointerfere with thefree exit of the ball when it is struck. If th'e' club hits the balltonly,

Call wellqandg'o'od- If the club hits thesnpporttitis'obvions'that the device will no't be':

knocked awayandjlo'st. 35 V V asin Figsr2and 3 ,=an d as described as pos'si r e/1 Fig.1, the'cl ub'vvillnot be injured i. evenifthe pl'ayer shoiild strike the tee-,1 I r g I i Witnesses r If the slipportis of corkga's in Fig. 4, or covered with a; guard,

'ba1l,,an d"a'single -piece ofwire connected therewith and com prising uprightpin and asnbstantially-horizontalc'onnection'btn'een th' pin n pp t t I a 2, A golf-tee consisting of a'single piece of wire comprising an upright pin',,a substanj tially horizontal connection or, body leading from the pin, and a snpport consistingiof a horizontal ring at the oIher-end of the body.

3.1A golf-tee'consisting of a single piece of wire comprising "an" upright pin, a substantially-horizontal connection or body leading from the pin, a suppo'rtconsisting of a horizontal ringat the other end of the body, and

, aguard covering the ring and a portion of the body. 7 4. A golf-tee consisting of a substantiallyupright pin whose lower end is adapted toentertheearth'and is deflected outer a straight 1ine,.a substantially-horizontal connection or body leadingfrom the pin, and asn-bstam a tially-hori'zontal-ring at 'th'e'other end of the b y! a, a Y {5.- A golf-tee consisting ot 'a substantially nprig-ht'pin deflected ontof' a straight line, a slibsta ntially-horizontalf connection or body 'leadingvfrom the pin, and'an incomplete ring at theother end'of the body with itsiopen side standing in thefdirection ofthe stroke.-

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